Lipoprotein Particle Testing

[Brian C.]

This lab in Houston is one that offers a worthwhile type of cholesterol test :

*http://www.spectracell.com/lpp/


Brian.

[Allen1]

Hi there Brian,

if that test really does prove to be a reliable method of risk assessment for coronary heart disease (as in who is most likely to get plaque build up in their arteries), then it could literally save thousands of people from taking an unnecessary and as we are all aware harmful drug. I would think that a test like this would need to be repeated now and then as our cholesterol levels do go up and down for various reasons, either way I think that this could be another nail in the coffin for statin manufacturers

All the best,

Allen

[Brian C.]

AFAIK the only people in the UK using this lab at the moment are

*http://www.breakspearmedical.com/

but I've forwarded details to my endocrinologist.
Perhaps I'll have more luck after the Biolabs fiasco.

Brian.

[Allen1]

Blimey Brian,

if you went to that hospital in your link you would need to be a football player to afford those treatment/consultant fees

Maybe your endocrinologist will look into doing trials using the test which could eventually mean more business for the lab who made it, especially if it was proved to be reliable and an affordable option to what is currently available to us at he moment.

Realistically though, if this test did work and saved many people from being statinized, I don't think it would get that far before being discredited mainly because so many palms would no longer be greased ie too many people will lose their additional income from statin sales.

After the JUPITER study and the press reports on it, many people are realising the danger and stupidity of the ever increasing types of candidates. One more nail in the statin coffin and those who will loose money will try anything to keep that money coming in.

All the best,

Allen

[Brian C.]

I'm only investigating getting the relevant tests done through my endo.
He has just replied that he knows them and "they are OK but quite
alternative in a sensible way".

No financially crippling trek to Hemel Hempstead envisaged

Brian.

[Allen1]

Hi there Brian,

I hope he does try the tests for himself as in "offer" as an alternative method or even as well as the normal test to get a fair unbiased outcome that he could work from. Anyway, alternative or not, if they can save people becoming patients the way we did, they have got to be a good option to try at least. Even if the test is initially dearer to do, it would work out a whole lot cheaper with the savings from unnecessary drugs (statins) and all the very expensive tests that most of us have undergone since taking them.

All the best,

Allen